Grave robbery by the ropen pterosaur

Michael of Opai Village, Umboi Island, Papua New Guinea, is interviewed in 2004. The bioluminescent ropen robbed a grave in Gomlongon Village long ago.

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• Maikel

[ropenseeker]

The ropen of Umboi Island may not be the same species as the glowing creature that is reported on nearby New Britain Island. But the MonsterQuest episode (it aired in early June, 2009) had major problems and may have led many viewers to a false conclusion: Giant glowing creatures are not bats.

[Spookysr]

Albeit, I'm a bit skeptical of identification being PTERODACTYL... I still long for you to find it. Therefore, allow me to give you some forensic input for your quest:

If the creature's skin is bioluminescent that could mean that is being exposed to LUCIFREN. It reacts with luciferase, salt and oxygen resulting in a burst of light and water. It could be getting this from eating phytoplanktons and zooplanktons. It could be skin rubbing on lichens found on decaying logs & caves too.

Helpful?

[ropenseeker]

The Western layman's word is "pterodactyl." (technically: "pterosaur.")

One reason we believe this large bioluminescent creature is a pterosaur is because of the testimonies of Jonah Jim and Jonathan Ragu (search those names with "ropen"). They saw, at different times and at different places on Umboi Island, very large pterosaur-like creatures that were glowing while they were flying.

[ValheruIII]

Excuse me, but I have a question... Why would a fish eating "animal" glow in the night? It doesn't make sense... If it was a hunter, then you could say that it somehow uses the light to attrack it's prey, but it eats fish! and if it is a mating ritual of some sort... that would mean that there are more of these Ropens. And if that is the case, then why are there so few sightings ???

[ropenseeker]

Reply #1 (to Valherulll):

Why should it not make sense for a fish-eating animal to glow? Many squids and similar sea creatures glow and eat fish.

At least some of the fish in the reefs surrounding Umboi Island are attracted to light. That seems one good reason for a ropen to glow.

[ropenseeker]

Reply #2 (to Valherulll):

Of course there are a number of ropens; how else could they reproduce.

Why do you think that there are "few sightings?" Perhaps a better question would be, "Why have Americans (or Europeans or other Westerners) heard so little about the ropen?" My experience interviewing eyewitnesses suggests that there are many sightings of pterosaur-like creatures. Few of these sightings, however, are reported in newspapers, for many reasons.

[littlelyn2008]

Very interesting! I met with a creationist today and he spoke about this. How is the research coming along?

[Spookysr]

HistoryChannel-com [MonsterQuest] : Flying Monsters - Airs on Sunday June 14 03:00 PM (EST).

[Spookysr]

@ropenseeker - As I stated before I find Jonah Jim and Jonathan Ragu verbal testimony to be very credible. No voice stress or outward signs of lying. I believe they really saw something. All you need to do is bring them some good illustrations of different animals including the pterosaur to see which ones they choose. They did this successfully in the Congo with the Bantu tribe with the sauropod denizens of Likoula Swamps.

I still like lucifren speculation for the bio-luminescence appearance.

[ropenseeker]

Yes, aieoua

In fact, Paul Nation is the one who helped me prepare to go to Papua New Guinea in 2004. He also wrote a letter to a local government leader on Umboi Island; when I arrived there, I was surprised that they were expecting me.

Regarding the video, there is not much to see in the late-2006 video of the two "indava lights." The video was analyzed by the physicist Cliff Paiva, however, and there is no commonplace explanation for the lights. Is that the video you mean?